Nifty ends lower amid weak global cues

05 Feb 2013 Evaluate

S&P CNX Nifty ended lower on Tuesday amid weak global cues and profit booking in FMCG and rate sensitive stocks. On global front, Asian shares ended deep down in red, on account of relentless profit booking due to worries about mounting political uncertainty in Spain and Italy. However, European counters made a smart recovery in opening deals after a flat start, with investors digesting a raft of earnings reports from some of the region’s heavyweights.

Back home, Indian equity benchmark made a gap-down opening on the back of weak global cues as the US markets suffered sharp profit booking overnight and the major indices lost 1-1.5 percent for the day as data on factory orders fell short of expectations. In the first half of the trade, market continued its negative trade as the investor’s sentiments got dented after Finance Minister P Chidambaram reiterated his commitment to controlling spending, especially at a time when India faces fiscal and current account deficits. Some pressure also came in from banking counter as the sector tumbled over half a percent on the back of RBI’s new draft guidelines for restructured loans which are likely to hit earnings of banks by at least 3-8 per cent over the next two years. Market continued its weak trade in the second half of trade too, on account of sustained selling pressure in FMCG and rate sensitive sectors. Finally, Nifty ended the session with the loss of around half a percent. 

Meanwhile, most of the sectoral indices on the NSE made a negative closing. CNX FMCG down 1.23%, CNX Infra down 0.91%, CNX Energy down 0.79%, CNX Metal down 0.65% and CNX Finance down 0.54% remained the top losers. While, CNX Pharma up by 0.95% and CNX PSU Bank up by 0.08% remained the gainers in the trade. The India Volatility Index (VIX), a gauge for market’s short term expectation of volatility, up by 1.88% and reached 14.61.

  

The India VIX witnessed an addition of 1.88% at 14.61 as compared to its previous close of at 14.34 on Monday.

The 50-share S&P CNX Nifty lost 30.35 points or 0.51% to settle at 5,956.90.

The respective Support and Resistance levels are: Resistance 5969.2 -- Pivot Point 5958.05 -- Support 5945.75.

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